Sacrum et saeculum: Should Catholics Celebrate Halloween?
I received an email recently from a woman from Spain, who had questions about the practice of Halloween here in… Read More »Sacrum et saeculum: Should Catholics Celebrate Halloween?
William R. Hamant
In 2021, I joined the Oratory community as the Director of Campus Ministry and Catechesis, bringing with me years of experience communicating the Catholic faith as a college professor at DeSales University. My doctorate in Theology is from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, where I wrote my dissertation on the theology of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. My desire is to bring the best of the Catholic intellectual tradition to the University of Delaware Catholic community, so that we can better live as the generatio quaerentium eum quaerentium faciem Dei Iacob: the generation that seeks Him, that seeks the face of the God of Jacob (Ps. 23:6).
The Harmonious Unity of Scripture
The Church’s selection of Mass readings is a subtle but marvelous way in which she teaches us to understand the… Read More »The Harmonious Unity of Scripture
Led by Truth
The image used throughout today’s Scripture readings is a familiar one: Christ as the Good Shepherd. This beautiful image for… Read More »Led by Truth
Infinite Freedom and Perfect Happiness
As some of you may know, one of my favorite passages in the Catechism is at the very beginning. In… Read More »Infinite Freedom and Perfect Happiness
A Eucharistic Revival
Last month the Church celebrated the Feast of Corpus Christi, or the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood… Read More »A Eucharistic Revival
The Church as Apostolic
When I was in college, I spent a summer semester studying in Germany. With my Eurorail Pass, I was able… Read More »The Church as Apostolic
A New Birth of Freedom
This week, as our nation celebrates Independence Day, we remember with gratitude the freedoms that we enjoy in our country.… Read More »A New Birth of Freedom
Freedom Ordered to the Good: On the positivity of negation
“One cannot do theology with a ‘no’ in front of them,” the pope said on his return flight from his… Read More »Freedom Ordered to the Good: On the positivity of negation
De Verbo et Verbis
In the beginning was the Word. Just one. Infinite, perfect. All-encompassing, all-embracing, all-generating. Through this Word the Father knows Himself… Read More »De Verbo et Verbis